The teachers at Lincoln High have a very dangerous problem… their students!Andrew Norris (Perry King - LIPSTICK, MANDINGO, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW), an idealistic and naive music teacher, has moved into a new community with his pregnant wife, Diane (Merrie Lynn Ross - GENERAL HOSPITAL), only to find his new job is an academic abyss. Appalled by the crime-infested school, Norris soon crosses paths with its teenage kingpin, the shrewd and sadistic Peter Stegman (Timothy Van Patten - CATACOMBS, ZONE TROOPERS). With Norris setting his sights on reforming Stegman, and the young punk declaring war on his teacher, the duo is on a collision course for afateful showdown.Directed and co-written by visionary action-movie helmer Mark L. Lester (COMMANDO, FIRESTARTER), CLASS OF 1984 is one of the seminal cult movies of the early 1980's. While its vision of a decaying, violence-plagued inner city school seemed over the top in 1982, it sadly prophesiedthe future of American education. With an original story/screenplay written by genre veteran Tom Holland (CHILD'S PLAY, PSYCHO II), the film is also notable for its great cast, including Roddy McDowall (PLANET OF THE APES, FRIGHT NIGHT), Lisa Langlois (DEADLY EYES, THE NEST), Stefan Arngrim (FEAR NO EVIL), and most notably Michael J. Fox (BACK TO THE FUTURE-trilogy, TEEN WOLF, DOC HOLLYWOOD, THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS, CASUALTIES OF WAR, TV's SPIN CITY) in an early role.Featuring an influential music score by legendary Academy Award®-nominated composer Lalo Schifrin (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE-franchise, BULLITT, RUSH HOUR-franchise, THX-1138, DIRTY HARRY-franchise).CLASS OF 1984 "is violent, funny, scary, contains boldly outlined characters, and gets us involved. It also has a lot of style." (Roger Ebert)
